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LIMA 2015: Fincanteri sizes up Aussie frigate programme amid Asia expansion

17th March 2015 - 06:00 GMT | by Tim Fish in London

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Italian shipbuilder Fincanteri is eyeing up the SEA 5000 Future Frigate programme in Australia that will replace the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) eight ANZAC-class frigates.

The requirement is for a military off-the-shelf anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship and Fincanteri will put forward a modified variant of its FREMM frigate that it has built for the Italian Navy.

A spokesperson from the company told Shephard that Fincantieri has ‘designed and built an ASW version of the FREMM, adapted to meet the RAN’s Top Level Requirements for CEA’s radars, two helos and 48 cells therefore it is thought to be a strong contender’.

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Tim Fish is a special correspondent for Shephard Media. Formerly the editor of Land Warfare …

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